shudder
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“I’m glad it’s down, but I shudder at what it would be if we had not invested the resources,” she told reporters outside of the Van Nuys police station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
When he is, we shudder and wonder how the world could be so cruel.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
A 1970s-style outcome, or anything close to it, would have been enough to make anyone shudder — but especially retirees and others living on fixed or semi-fixed incomes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
She stopped and a shudder ran through her, increasing in intensity for a few seconds, till, at the end, she shook as though in a palsy.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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The remarks sent shudders through chipmakers particularly, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index tumbling 5.9 percent -- its biggest drop in more than two months, according to Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
Khushboo Bharti, 31, says she shudders every time she remembers the night of 13 November, when she had to rush her one-year-old daughter Samaira to the emergency.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
All of the pain and memories of the past filled her so that only tears and shudders escaped her.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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The stock market shuddered Thursday after investors resumed a weekslong bond selloff that has defied the Treasury Department’s attempts to curb borrowing costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But when the piece was published, I shuddered at the headline: “Beyonce’s ‘Break My Soul’ just broke the internet and — hell yeah — is a Pride Month dance bop.”
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
"Now I'm afraid of the river," he shuddered.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Planners shuddered, while architects looked away, even as they accepted handsome commissions to build some of L.A.’s — if not the world’s — most iconic buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
The whole world shuddered and shook with every blast.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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“Your own children are work enough,” they would whisper, shuddering, “just imagine putting up with someone else’s.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“They think we’re these evil business owners,” she said, shuddering.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Villa's 11-game winning streak in all competitions was brought to a shuddering halt with a 4-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, raising doubts about their ability to maintain a title charge.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
Now, all the other NFC contenders are getting hot — Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago — and the Rams are shuddering in an emotional ice bath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
Jack looked at her, shuddering and clattering and wide-eyed.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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